Toyota Narrows Loss Forecast on Government Stimulus

Toyota Narrows Loss Forecast on Government Stimulus

Nov. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Toyota Motor Corp., the world’slargest carmaker, narrowed its full-year net loss forecast for asecond time after government stimulus measures revived vehicledemand in the U.S. and Asia.

The company expects a net loss of 200 billion yen ($2.2billion) in the year ending March 31, compared with an earlierforecast for a 450 billion yen loss, it said in a statementtoday. The company posted an unexpected second-quarter profit of21.8 billion yen.

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